How can I clear the NuGet package cache using the command line

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I can clear my development computer s NuGet package cache using Visual nbsp Studio menu Tools  rarr  Options  rarr  NuGet Package Manager  rarr  General  Clear Package Cache button   I would like to do this on the command line  Unfortunately  I can not find a related command line switch for nuget exe   Did I miss something

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For me I had to go in here     userprofile   nuget packages

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Note that dnx has a different cache for feeding HTTP results   Microsoft  NET Development Utility Clr-x86-1 0 0-rc1-16231    CACHE https   www nuget org api v2     CACHE http   192 168 148 21 api odata    Which you can clear with  dnu clear-http-cache   Now we just need to find out what the command will be on the new dotnet CLI tool      and here it is   dotnet restore --no-cache

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This adds to rm8x s answer   Download and install the NuGet command line tool    From Chocolatey  rarr  https   chocolatey org packages NuGet CommandLine from NuGet org  rarr  https   www nuget org    List all of our locals     nuget locals all -list http-cache  C  Users MyUser AppData Local NuGet v3-cache packages-cache  C  Users MyUser AppData Local NuGet Cache global-packages  C  Users MyUser  nuget packages    We can now delete these manually or as rm8x suggests  use nuget locals all -clear

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If you need to clear the NuGet cache for your build server agent you can find the cache for NuGet packages here    windir  ServiceProfiles  account under build service runs  AppData Local NuGet Cache  Example   C  Windows ServiceProfiles NetworkService AppData Local NuGet Cache

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dotnet nuget locals all --clear  If you re using  NET Core

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First  download the NuGet command line tool from here   Next  open a command prompt and cd to the directory to which nuget exe was downloaded   You can list the local caches with this command   nuget locals all -list   You can clear all caches with this command   nuget locals all -clear   Reference  https   docs nuget org consume command-line-reference

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In Visual Studio 2017  go to menu Tools  rarr  NuGet Package Manager  rarr  Package Manager Settings  You may find out a button  Clear All NuGet Cache s      If you are using  NET Core  you may clear the cache with this command  which should work as of  NET Core tools 1 0   dotnet nuget locals all --clear

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Clearing the cache With dotnet core cli dotnet nuget locals all --clear With Visual Studio 2017  Go to menu Tools   NuGet Package Manager   Package Manager Settings  Click Clear All NuGet Cache s     With the nuget cli Download and install the NuGet command line tool   From Chocolatey   https   chocolatey org packages NuGet CommandLine from NuGet org   https   www nuget org packages NuGet CommandLine   nuget locals all -clear  With windows command line del  LOCALAPPDATA  NuGet Cache   nupkg  q   can be used in a  bat file  With PowerShell rm  env LOCALAPPDATA NuGet Cache   nupkg  Or  quiet  mode  without error messages   rm  env LOCALAPPDATA NuGet Cache   nupkg 2 gt   null  Cache location Windows  userprofile   nuget packages  Linux    nuget   Build server  windir  ServiceProfiles  account under build service runs  AppData Local NuGet Cache Example  C  Windows ServiceProfiles NetworkService AppData Local NuGet Cache   This answer is a rollup of all the existing answers for your convenience

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You can use PowerShell too  same as me    For example   rm  env LOCALAPPDATA NuGet Cache   nupkg   Or  quiet  mode  without error messages    rm  env LOCALAPPDATA NuGet Cache   nupkg 2 gt   null

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The nuget exe utility doesn t have this feature  but seeing that the NuGet cache is simply a folder on your computer  you can delete the files manually  Just add this to your batch file   del  LOCALAPPDATA  NuGet Cache   nupkg  q

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